California Wildfires Force Horse Evacuation

Six horses were evacuated Thursday (Oct. 26) to avoid the flames of a wildfire that engulfed thousands of acres in several Riverside County, Calif., communities. The evacuated horses were pleasure horses stabled on residential properties in the area, according to Peter Lent, emergency services supervisor for the Riverside County Office of Emergency Services.

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